Covid silver lining: ‘Extremely mild’ Omicron variant is rapidly killing off much more deadly Delta coronavirus mutation December 6, 2021 Excitement is growing among Coronavirus experts in Southern Africa and around the world as it increasingly seems that the new Omicron variant is rapidly replacing the much more deadly Delta mutation. Experts are so ecstatic because it seems more and more that the Omicron variant is much more contagious and dominant than Delta, but also [...]
A hammer blow to the industry: Business travel body slams new restrictions December 5, 2021 The travel industry has reacted with fury following the re-introduction of pre-departure mandatory tests for those travelling to England. Clive Wratten, chief executive of the UK Business Travel Association (BTA), has slammed the government’s decision, calling it a “hammer blow to the business travel industry.” “Public safety is a priority, but businesses will fail, travellers [...]
Easyjet adopts a more aggressive strategy to face rivals December 5, 2021 Easyjet’s chief executive Johan Lundgren is reportedly adopting a more aggressive business strategy, following accusations of having behaved too cautiously during the pandemic. Lundgren stated that, after seeing encouraging signs for next summer, he expects demand to go back to pre-Covid levels, allowing the company to buy slots at airports such as London Gatwick. The [...]
Travel restrictions too late to halt Omicron, scientist warns December 5, 2021 University of Edinburgh’s professor of epidemiology Mark Woolhouse has deemed the latest travel restrictions – which require passengers to take pre-departure tests to stop the spread of the latest Covid variant – as “a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.” Speaking on BBC’s Andrew Marr this morning, Woolhouse – who [...]
Ireland tightens restrictions amid variant fears December 4, 2021 Ireland is tightening COVID restrictions again over fears about the Omicron variant.
GPs can postpone health checks for over-75s in booster vaccine push December 4, 2021 GPs have been given permission to postpone health checks for over-75s to allow them to focus on booster vaccines to combat the rise of the new Omicron variant.
Community infection: Omicron variant spreads fast as 75 new cases are detected across England December 4, 2021 The UK Health Security Agency (HSA) said a further 75 cases of the Omicron variant have been confirmed in England amid signs of a “small amount” of community infection. The latest cases take the total for England to 104 and for the UK as a whole to 134 – including the first confirmed case in [...]
Omicron invades US as new Covid variant rears its head in New York, Colorado, Minnesota, California and Hawaii December 3, 2021 US authorities are on high alert as the new Coronavirus variant, the Omicron mutation, has been discovered in at least five states. The Covid-19 variant had been undetected in the US before the middle of this week. A Colorado woman who had recently travelled to southern Africa, a Hawaii resident with no recent travel history [...]
Coronavirus U-turn: Japan partly reverses Covid travel ban as Omicron variant increasingly appears to be ‘mild‘ mutation December 2, 2021 A ban on new incoming flight bookings in Japan has been dropped, the country’s government said this morning. The policy, aimed at halting the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, only came into force yesterday. The transport ministry on Wednesday issued a request to international airlines to stop taking new reservations for flights coming into [...]
New Covid rules lay a path “towards hell” say Tory rebels December 1, 2021 New Covid rules on self-isolation have been enshrined in law until March, as Tory MPs warned the Prime Minister that restricting freedoms was a path “towards hell”.